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Portable PS-OCT scanner could reveal donor liver health without biopsy

Each year, thousands of patients in the United States wait for a liver transplant, while transplant teams must make rapid, difficult decisions about whether donor organs are suitable for use. Many of those livers, particularly from older or medically complex donors, require caref

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Researchers expand plasmonic liquid biopsy platform to early-stage colorectal cancer

A research team led by Minyoung Lee and Sunggyu Park of The Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS) Bio & Health Materials Research Division has developed a plasmonic-based liquid biopsy platform capable of ultrasensitive detection of KRAS mutations in the blood and urine of

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New mechanism explains how nerve cells form one long output branch

DZNE researchers have uncovered a mechanism that determines why a neuron usually forms a single, long extension called an "axon"—a phenomenon that is fundamental to how our brain functions. Contrary to the common view that external cues drive axon formation, the team of scientist

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How random sounds played while sleeping impair memory formation

For several years now, sleep research has been focusing intensively on the question of whether targeted auditory stimulation during sleep can improve the consolidation of new memories. A research team in Freiburg led by the neuropsychologists Prof. Dr. Monika Schönauer and Dr. No

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Brain imaging reveals how neural networks coordinate multiple streams at once

Working with concurrent electroencephalogram and functional magnetic resonance imaging technology at the Beckman Institute's Biomedical Imaging Center, postdoctoral researcher Suhnyoung Jun and her colleagues have investigated how the brain connectome's dynamics unfold across dif

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What World Cup football can teach us about managing fatigue in extreme conditions

A football player standing over a penalty in a hot, high-altitude stadium is dealing with more than pressure. His body is trying to keep cool. His heart and breathing may be working harder. Less oxygen is reaching his muscles. One poor decision can end his team's World Cup.

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Anticancer 'nanoswitch' technology shows promise in animal model of triple-negative breast

A research team led by Professor Yoosoo Yang (Department of Integrative Biotechnology) of Sungkyunkwan University, in collaboration with the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) and Incheon National University, has developed a next-generation anticancer immunotherapy

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Social prescribing may help young people awaiting mental health care

Social prescribing, which connects people to arts and exercise activities and other sources of support, may help adolescents waiting for specialist mental health services by improving their resilience, behavior and relationships with others, a new study by a UCL team suggests.

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How studying oral inflammatory diseases can help researchers understand other human diseas

A team of researchers from VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center, the VCU School of Dentistry and the University of Pennsylvania recently published a study in Nature Communications examining why some oral inflammatory diseases progress much more rapidly than others.

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Simple digital check-ins improve outcomes for cancer patients, study finds

New results from an Alliance Foundation Trials (AFT) study reveal that a simple weekly electronic symptom check-in with their care team significantly improves the quality of life for individuals undergoing treatment for advanced cancer. The study found that the biggest improvemen

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Advanced climate models used to estimate temperature-related suicide patterns by 2050

A large international team, including researchers from the University of Tokyo, wanted to know whether and how climate change might increase the number of temperature-related suicides around the world. Previous studies have shown that hotter weather is often linked to a higher ri

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Ureters stay visible for hours with dye designed to vanish through kidneys

A cross-disciplinary research team led by Hongjie Dai, director of the Materials Institute of Life Sciences and Energy (MILES) at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) in Shenzhen, has developed a promising near-infrared (NIR) fluorescent dye for potential clinical use in ureter imag

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